Plow.



PATENTED MAY 30, 1905.

F. NOGUES.

PLOW.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 15, 1904.

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PLOW.

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NITED STATES Patented May 30, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS NOGUES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO BIRT MORERE,OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 790,972, dated May 30,1905.

A lication fil d November 15, 1904. fierial No. 232,782.

To (I/ZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANoIs NOGUES, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plows, of which thefollowing is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to plows; and the object thereof is to provide animproved plow having a double and pivoted moldboard which may be swungfrom one side to the other, whereby a field may be broken up or plowedby driving back and forth therethrough at the opposite sides of anoriginal furrow without driving around a land, a further object being toprovide a plow having a double and turnable moldboard provided withadetachable nose-piece, said nose-piece being of different forms,according to the use to which it is desired to put the plow, a furtherobject being to provide a plow of the class described which may also beconveniently used for digging potatoes, a further object being toprovide a plow with improved means for adjusting the depth to which thenose of the moldboard will pass into the ground; and with these andother objects in view the invention consists in a plow constructed ashereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the'following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters ineach of the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a side view of my improvedplow, the moldboard thereof being provided with the regular plow-nose;Fig. 2, a front view of the plow as shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a rear viewand showing one position of the moldboard in full lines and the reversedposition in dotted lines; Fig. 4, a perspective view of the detachablenose-piece as shown in Figs. 1 and 2; Fig. 5, a View similar to Fig. 1,but showing the form of nose-piece used in digging potatoes and showingthe moldboard in the position into which it is turned for the purpose ofdigging potatoes; Fig. 6, a front view of the plow as shown in Fig. 5;

Fig. 7, a section on the line 7 7 of Fig. 5, and

Fig. 8 a perspective view of the nose-piece for digging potatoes andshown in Figs. 5 and 6 attached to the plow or the moldboard thereof.

The framework of my improved plow consists of the handle-arms a,provided'with downwardly-directed shanks a together with the beam '6,having a downwardly-directed shank 6 which is secured between the shanksa of the handle-arms a, and at the lower ends of the shanks a and b ofthe handle-arms a and beam 6 is a forwardlydirected pivot member 0,(shown in section in Fig. 7,) which extends parallel, or substantiallyso, with the beam 6, and the pivot member 0 may be formed integrallywith the lower end of the shank b of the beam 5, or said pivot membermay be secured to the lower ends of the shanks (b of the handle-arms aor to the lower ends ofthe shank b and the shanks (K, as may be desired.

The main moldboardd is of the form shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7,and it consists of two plates or side members (Z connected at an angleof ninety degrees and tapered forwardly to a point and connected attheir free edges by the main moldboard proper, which consists of a partor plate d which is also tapered forwardly to a point, the centralportion'of which is raised or extended outwardly and backwardly at itsrear end to form two side members cl", which are longitudinally concavedand between which is a central raised convex portion (Z the parts 0? andcl being also tapered forwardly to a point, and the general form of themoldboard thus formed in cross-section is shown in Fig. 7, the bottomportion thereof being triangular in cross-section, and the plates orparts 0;, which form the base portion of the moldboard, are alsoconnected at their free edges and at the rear ends thereof by asegmental gear 6, arranged in a vertical plane.

The shanks (f of the arms a and the shank b of the beam 6 form anupright frame portion, and mounted therein between the pivotal supportof the moldboard at 0 and the beam 6 is a crank-shaft e", which rangesforwardly and backwardly and the inner end of which is provided with apinion or gear a, which operates in connection with the segmental geara, and the outer end of the shaft 6 is provided with a crank e", andsecured to the upright frame portion above the shaft 0 is a spring 6 thelower end of which bear-son the crank e and is provided with a notch orrecess 6 adapted to receive said crank, and said crank is provided witha handle 0 The spring a will hold the-crank e in an upright position atall times, and, supposing the moldboard to be in the position shown infull lines in Fig. 3, by pressing backwardly the spring 6 and turningthe crank e to the left through two complete revolutions the moldboardwill be turned into the opposite position, as shown in dotted lines insaid figure, and by reversing this operation the moldboard may be turnedback into the position shown in full lines in said figure.

I also provide a detachable nose-piece f, which is shown detached inFig. 4 and applied to the plow in Figs. 1. and 2, and this nosepiece isemployed in ordinary plowing. The nose-piece f consists of two sideplates f secured together at right angles to each other, and a front ortop plate f having aV-shaped recess or socket f at the rear end thereofand longitudinal side grooves or concave surfaces and in practice thenose d of the main moldboard (shown in dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2) isinserted into the nose-piece f or said nose-piece is passed on over saidnose and is secured in place by screws or bolts passed through holes fin the side plates f thereof. It will be understood that one of the sideplates f always constitutes the bottom of the nose-piece, according tothe position in which the plow is turned, and the plates d of the mainmoldboard constitute the bottom of said moldboard, according to theposition in which the latter is turned.

In Fig. 8 I have shown detached a nosepiece g, which is intended for usein digging potatoes, and this nose-piece is shown applied to the plow inFigs. 5, 6, and 7, and said nosepiece is composed of two plates 9connected at an angle of ninety degrees and connected at their freeedges by a plate 9 having a V- shaped recess or socket g in its rearend, and the sides of which are provided with longitu dinally grooved orconcave surfaces and said sides are extended real-wardly, as shown at g,and provided with slots or openings 9 any desired number of which may beemployed, and said slots or openings may also be of any desired size.The nose-piece g is secured on the nose cl of the main mold board in thesame manner as the nose-piece f, and in the use of the nose-piece g forthe purpose of digging potatoes the main moldboard is turned by means ofthe crank 6, so that the angle of the moldboard formed by the plates dthereof and the plates 9 of the nose-piece g will rest directly on theground and the side members or wings of the nosepiece will project fromthe opposite sides of the main. moldboard, the position of these partsbeing shown in Fig. 7.

It will be understood that in the operation of digging potatoes the plowmust be held in the position shown in Fig. 7, and in this operation thenose-piece g passes under the potatoes and throws them out, and thepotatoes and dirt pass backwardly over the sides of the nose-piece, andthe dirt passes'through the openings g in the opposite side wings of thenose-piece, and the potatoes are thus separate from the dirt.

I also provide improved devices for hitching a horse or horses to theplow and for controlling the depth to which the nose of the plow willpass into the ground when ordinary plowing is desired. These devicesconsist of a supplemental beam member 7, into the rear end of which thebeam 6 passes, the supplemental beam member h being provided, in

the form of construction shown, with a longi.

tudinal recess if. The front end of the beam Z) is pivoted in thesupplemental beam member h at if, and said supplemental beam member isadapted to swing to a'slight extent in a vertical plane, and a screw ifis passed through the top rear end portion of the supplemental beammember and bears on the beam 7) and is designed to regulate the movementin a vertical plane of the supplemental beam member.

I have shown different Ways of hitching a horse or horses to my improvedplow. One consists of keepers i and 21 connected with the supplementalbeam member h, and into which an ordinary pole or tongue 2' is passedand held in place by a pin i, passed downwardly therethrough and throughthe keeper 2' and in connection with the pole or tongue i I em ploy adoubletreej, having swingletrees 1' connected therewith, and it will beunderstood that the tongue or pole d is employed when two horses arehitched to the plow. Instead of employing the tongue i and theswingletrees 1' I may employ an ordinary pair of shafts 75 for singlehorses, and the doubletree is provided near its opposite ends with theusual keepers for similar devices whereby the shafts k are connectedtherewith. My invention, however, is not limited in any way to themethod of hitching a horse or horses to a plow, and various changes inand modifications of these and other features of construction hereinshown and described may be made without departing from the spirit of myinvention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A plow provided with a rotatable moldboard, said moldboard beingcomposed of two side members and the upper or front convex member beingall tapered forwardly, and means for rotating said moldboard and forlooking it in three different positions, in two of which the base platesor parts rest flat on the ground, and in the other of which the angleformed by said base plates or parts rests on the ground, substantiallyas shown and described.

2. A plow provided with a rotatable moldboard, said moldboard beingcomposed of two base plates or parts connected at an angle of ninetydegrees and either of which is adapted to serve as the base of themoldboard, said plates being connected at their free edges by themoldboard proper which comprises inwardly-concaved side membersconnected at their free edges by a front or upper convex member, saidbase plates or parts and said side members and the upper or front convexmember being all tapered forwardly, and means for rotating saidmoldboard and for locking it in three different positions, in two ofwhich the base plates or parts rest flat on the ground, and in the otherof which the angle formed by said base plates or parts rests on theground, said moldboard being also provided with a detachable nose-piece,substantially as shown and described.

3. A plow provided with a rotatable moldboard, said moldboard beingcomposed of two base plates or parts connected at an angle of ninetydegrees and either of which is adapted to serve as the base of themoldboard, said plates being connected at their free edges by themoldboard proper which comprises inwardly-concaved side membersconnected at their free edges by a front or upper convex member, saidbase plates or parts and said side members and the upper or front convexmember being all tapered forwardly, and means for rotating saidmoldboard and for locking it in three different positions, in two ofwhich the base plates or parts rest flat on the ground, and in the otherof which the angle formed by said base plates or parts rests on theground, comprising a segmental gear connected with the rear corners ofthe base plates or parts and arranged in a vertical plane, a crank-shaftmounted in the framework of the plow and provided with a pinion whichmeshes with said segmental gear, a crank connected with said shaft, anda locking device for said crank, substantially as shown and described.

4. A plow provided with a double rotatable moldboard having two baseplates or parts connected at an angle of ninety degrees, and means forrotating said moldboard and for locking it in three different positions,in two of which the base plates or parts rest directly on the ground,and in the other of which the angle formed by said base plates or partsrests directly on the ground, said moldboard being also provided with adetachable nose-piece, having backwardly-extended top side wings,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname. in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 12th day ofNovember, 1904:.

FRANCIS NOGUES.

Witnesses:

C. E. MULREANY, O. J. KLEIN.

